The episode begins with
the players hanging out at a nightclub enjoying the
fact that they're still here in the competiton,
disregarding all the BS they've encountered in the
past couple of days. Ibis says that the Rookies are
a strong team and they want party it up and forget
about the competition until the next mission comes
up. Jeremy wakes up at around 1:30 in the AM and
sees the players being completely wasted upon
returning to home base from the bar. And according
to him it's not good for the Rookies and they have
no self-control off the field and that could be a
problem on the field. Beth says she's one of the
strongest Vets on their team, but she really doesn't
know that people believe that she's a good
compeditor. David knows that Beth wants to try and
stay in the competition, which makes him feel
nervous if she stays. David wouldn't trust Beth as
far he can throw at her and thinks there's something
engrained in her that's just naturally deceptive.

After the players have sobered up, the teams get
their next clue...

> Challengers...DON'T GET TOO TIRED OUT TOMORROW.
Wear your bathing suits and team colors and be ready
to leave at 7:30.

David is a little nervous about going into the
Gauntlet and if he does win there, he's gonna bite
someomes head off.

The teams go to the Port Authority to compete in
their next mission called "Spare Tires". And the way
this works is that host Lavin will sound the horn
and the players will individually dive into the
water, climb up the ladder, and start making their
way through a row of hanging tires. Each player will
have to go through the course within a time limit of
ten minutes. While a player makes his or her way
through the tires, there's a release latch which
when pulled drops one tire into the ocean which will
make it difficult for the other players waiting for
their turns. In an in-show interview, Jodi mentions
that the last person of each team will remove two of
the tires from the course. As soon as a player makes
it to the last tire, he or she must then jump into
the ocean before the next player has his or her turn
until all of their teams players have gone through.
As for the scoring, a player earns one point for
their team for each tire he or she goes through. But
if a player falls in and fails to complete the
course, it's an automatic 'no-score' for their team
and the next person has to drop two tires. The team
who scores the most points wins this mission and
it's a "Male Gauntlet Day" which will determine if
Alton or Derrick could be sent home.

Brad remembers Beth's fear of heights that had made
a small contribution to their four-mission losing
streak they previously had and doesn't want her to
pull the same sunt this time out. According to host
Lavin, the Rookies have to sit one person out and
they choose Randy. Jeremy's neck is on the line and
doesn't want to go home by any means. The Rookies
want to put toghether the best strategy possible to
win. The Vets are making a list on what they're
guess-timating each players ability to crawl through
tires would be. Beth says she feels a lot more
confident in going at the start. So their team takes
faith in that and put her to the third person on the
team to go. The Vets are really counting on Beth to
pull through and just finish.

Here's a look at how each of the players (not
including Randy) fared...

Once again, the Vets have won another challenge and
$10,000 for their Team Bank Account. They are now up
to $50,000 with the Rookies TBA still at $60K. And
Derrick wins a Sirius Satellite boom box with a
year's subscription to their service. In the
Rookie's deliberations, Alton chooses to play
against Jeremy in the Gauntlet, which he didn't
expect. Jeremy thinks that Alton does not realize
he's making a bad decision for him as an opponent.
Then T.J. spins the wheel to land on "Capture the
Flag" which is the game to be played. At the
Gauntlet, Jeremy's veracity and competitve spirit
wasn't enough for Alton's quick moves as captures
the flag first.

In the end Jeremy did his best, but he's hurt now
that he's going home. It also hurts even worse to
him knowing that the last leg is right around the
corner. Landon says that he's bummed to see Jeremy
sent away, but it's important to have Alton around
in the end for their team. Jeremy says that being
withdrawn from the parties and late night drinking
escapades really hurt him in the end, but it was a
privelege being on the Rookies and gives best of
luck to every single one of them.

Back at home base, the Vets victory did not excuse
Beth from her lackluster performance on the day's
mission. And it's continuing to frustrate them,
especially Brad who says that Beth is a straight-up
disease to the Veterans and that she takes zero
responsibility for anything she does. Brad would
absolutely love to get off of their team for the
final mission. Beth wants her to be accepted as a
player and wants her teammates to stop sabotaging
her. IMO: Sure Beth, they'll accept you as a
player...when pigs fly.

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